A slew of details were revealed on the next Smash Bros. title: Super Smash Bros.: Ultimate. I would list all the characters coming to the next Super Smash Bros., but I could just write this: every character ever in a Smash game will be in this one. Yes, that includes all characters in the original, Melee, Brawl, Smash for Wii U and 3DS, and any DLC characters. They’re all here, including some that have sat out, like Pichu, Snake, or Young Link.

There will be a couple new characters as well. The Inkling from Splatoon will join the fight, along with a Killer Wail final smash and eight variants. Due to massive fan request, Ridley from the Metroid series will be a fighter. After the gameplay footage, Sakurai, Bill Trinen, and others played some rounds of Smash, including as Ridley. Ridley’s height was a problem, Sakurai said, but they have been able to implement Ridley effectively as a Smash fighter.

Several details were revealed in the gameplay footage: characters, stages, techniques, and items. We will be adding the footage to this story once it becomes available so you can see it all. For now, here are some points [see below].

Update: We have now added the full reveal from Nintendo Direct below.

Final smashes are straight and to the point.

Zelda’s character design is from A Link Between Worlds.

You can play as a female Pokemon trainer.

There will be eight Villager variants.

There will be tiny details, like Olimar’s helmet getting cracked. Faces are more expressive, especially Donkey Kong’s eye-popping goofiness.

Assist trophies can be KO’d. There will be more than 50. The Nintendog assist trophy will be a toy poodle this time.

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